FW: American Red Cross: Smoke Alarm Installation Blitz

From: St. Louis Red Cross
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 09:33
To: Ron Elliott
Subject: American Red Cross: Smoke Alarm Installation Blitz


Good Morning!

You may have heard about the smoke alarm installation hotline the Eastern Missouri Region of the American Red Cross launched early February, which offers free smoke alarms to households in need. We pledged to install up to three alarms per home and provide residents with the life-saving preparedness information they would need should a fire strike. Since the launch of the hotline, we have received over 150 requests for smoke alarms in North County alone! Most of these residents who have requested alarms are in at-risk neighborhoods, disabled, or families with young children.

To meet these requests, we will be holding another Smoke Alarm Installation Blitz Weekend on Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th in North St. Louis County. We will be working with several local fire departments that have offered their partnership for the installations. We are asking for your time and support at this lifesaving event – please consider volunteering to help with the installation of alarms for and education of residents who have requested smoke alarms. As a volunteer, you would be trained to complete your assigned task, which would either be a preparedness or installer role. This training is minimal, and you would always participate as a member of a team going into residents' homes.

Who: Anyone is eligible to volunteer (but you do have to be older than 16 to go in resident's homes)

What: Another Smoke Alarm Installation Weekend Blitz Volunteer Opportunity!

Where: North County, orientation site TBA

When: Saturday, April 18th 9:00 AM-3:00 PM or Sunday, April 19th 9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Why: Because no home should go without a working smoke alarm and no person should live without the lifesaving knowledge of what to do when fires strike.

How to Register: Please complete the North St. Louis County 4/18 or 4/19 registration form<https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=form__4073>.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Catherine Dalton at catherine.dalton2@redcross.org<mailto:catherine.dalton2@redcross.org>.

Fire experts agree that people may have a little as 2 minutes to escape a burning home before it's too late to get out. Home fires have no boundaries; the Red Cross's smoke alarm installation campaign helps ensure everyone has a fighting chance to get out. Thanks so much for considering volunteering at this lifesaving event. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you know who may be interested in volunteering!

Thank you for your support in this life saving project and thank you for all you do for the American Red Cross!